Johnnie To Eyeing Bloom for Red Circle

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=44137

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
April 16, 2008


Director Johnnie To is eyeing Orlando Bloom to star in Red Circle for France's Studio Canal, says The Hollywood Reporter. While an offer has gone out to the actor, negotiations have not yet begun.

The film is a remake of the 1970 Alain Delon crime thriller Le Rouge Cercle. Longtime To collaborator Wai Ka-Fai (Mad Detective) is developing the script under the helmer's supervision.

Chow Yun-Fat and Liam Neeson are in negotiations to co-star in the Media Asia co-produced project, which has a reported $40 million budget and is tentatively scheduled to start production in June in Hong Kong and Macau.

I remember John Woo was gonna make this ages ago with Scorsese producing, glad to see it's still alive and with a potentially great cast, Ive also heard nothing but great things about Johnnie To.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Synopsis for the original.

Corey is a cool, aristocratic thief, released from prison on the same day that Vogel, a murderer, escapes from the custody of the patient Mattei, a cat-loving police superintendent. Corey robs Rico, his mob boss, then enlists Vogel and an ex-police sharpshooter, Jansen, in a jewel heist. While Corey is harried by the vengeful Rico, Mattei pressures Santi, a nightclub owner and pimp, to help him trap the thieves. Over all hangs the judgment of the police directeur, that every man is guilty

 

[tzarinna]

Chow Yun-Fat and Liam Neeson sound like a combo, not so sure about Bloom.

 

[Rac]

Capone: I also saw your name attached to a remake of LE CIRCLE ROUGE, but I think that's old news.Is that accurate?

Liam Neeson: You know, that’s been around for some time. It kind of all fell apart just over a year ago. I don’t think they managed to get the script right, there were budgetary reasons, but I’m not attached to it. I don’t think anybody is.

Yes! Another useless remake (maybe) not happening!